Shia LaBeouf sent in penis photos to land Nymphomaniac role

Shia LaBeouf was asked to send in photos of his penis (Picture: AP Photo)

Shia LaBeouf has revealed he was asked to send in photos of his penis before he was cast in Nymphomaniac.

The actor claimed the Nymphomaniac production team made the unusual request before he landed a role in the Lars von Trier film.

He told Zentropa Productions: ‘The first info we got – and I’ll never forget this because my entire team reacted with such a fear – the first request on the production end, not from Lars, was pictures of my penis.’

Shia plays the role of office worker Jerome (Picture: Magnolia)

The film controversially features unsimulated sex with porn actors filling in as body doubles for the actors.

LaBeouf said of his role: ‘Previously in my career I’d been the everyman or the normal guy stuck in this extraordinary situation. Jerome was the opportunity to play a slimy, evil, blasphemous, mini-juggernaut of a man.’

Nymphomaniac: Volume 1 is out on February 21 with Volume 2 out on March 21.